Scaffold



July 14, 1931.

c. M. GOODRICH S CAFF OLD jnvenio Filed Sept. 9, 1929 Patented'July14, 1931 r r 1,814,538

UNITED STATES 'iPA'rENr QFFIICEJ CI-IAUNGEY MARSH GoonR-IoH, ee mem s on-rniitioi oAN-Aim r l soArFonn v v Application filed September serial No 391 359.

This invention relates to scaffolds, and of rolled angle-bar which is provided atit's' more particularly to hanging scaffolds for u p ii'erendwi-th' a hook member 3 weldedin' use in erecting tier buildings, and has'for its position andforming a permanent part ofthe' object the provision ofascaifold construction leg; Y Y v which may be readily assembled in position, ;The legs or supports 2 have their flanges 6" is durable, and forms a permanent tool that providedwitlr a series of Vertically spaced may be used over and over wherever needed. hol'es to: receive bolts 5 used to secure lugs lVhen erecting bridges, the structural steel G'iir position on the legs 2 The lugs 6 are work for buildings and thelike, it is customformed from a short section of I angle-iron i0 ary to swing ropes from four points about and are arranged to extend parallel withthef no the beams, and to connect these ropes into legs2.] A fill'erblock 7 is secured to each of pairs by needle beams or timbers and then to thelugs (i -and extends from their lower ends bridge the timbers with planks, thus forming upwardly to a point adjacent their upper a swinging platform or scaffold on which the ends soas tospace theupper ends of the lug V workmen can stand. The assembly of a from the legs. Tl1e'l ugs'6 are adapted to be a scaffold by the use of ropes, timbers and mounted at selected vertical positions on the planks as described above is slow and expenlegs 2fmounting' tli'e'bolt's 5 in selected ones sive, and even at best such scaffolds are not of the'ho'l'es 4. x safe. The hangers of each pair are connected" to Y 29 The scaffold of this invention maybe as getheii by a horizontal angle-bar 8* having, 70 sembled in much less time than the scaffold one of its flanges inserted in the space being of the prior art, it is strong and safe and tween the-upper part of the lugs 6 and-the legs such scaffolds are much cheaper to use since Qandbaving. its other flange extending horiless labor is required to assemble and diszontal'ly overthe topof the'lugsfi'. mantle the scaffold, and also due to the fact Suitable-planks 9 are adapted to be bridged 7-) that the scaffold can be used over and over a r and sup orted the bars 8 of each again. pair ofhangerstofform a platform upon- In the drawings: Y which the workmen may stand. Figure 1 is a plan SllOWlIlg the SOZLfi Old 0f Theybafs 8- are provided with a series of I 39 this invention in position on a building strum holes 10 adjacent each end in which a suitso ture or the like. able'bolt or'pinI'Q may beremova'bly mounted Figure 2 is an enlarged detail of one of the to f rm a, stop to prevent the planks 9' from hangers of the scalfold. slipping off of the bars 8 when it is jnecessary Figures 3 and 4 are Sectional Views taken to mount saidp'l anks outside ofthe hangersCi on the lines IIL-III and IV IV of Figure When using thescafl'old of this invention it 'Q P is only v necessary to mount the hangers C on Flgure 5 1S fragmentary showmg the the beams B andthen mount the bars 8 on the. i hook or p end of one 9 the hangers pairs of hangers G and then pl acethe planks- Refernng more particularly to the draw- 91438011083 the. r 8 to r h platform.

4 11103 the letter A designates the column of a 7 x :th, Y fl 1d 1 p 1 or t li dliii ii honzonta eams suppor e y hapxgierls a[r1e bodily remoxeg. b d, I u 1l"G"1lV6S own an r escrl e one spe- The scaffold of this invention is adapted to c c embodiment of my invention it will be 5 ded from the beams B and p z ggriigif g g h i figgfi 0 arranged i pairs d understood thatT do not 'VY1Sl1 to be limited adapted to support a removable plank flo r r thereto since various mod1ncat1ons may be platform D. made wlthout departing from the scope of The hangers O are each composed of a vermy invention, as defined in the appended tical support orleg'2 in the form of a length claims. g p

I claim:

1. A scafl'old construction comprising two spaced pairs of rigid hangers, each of said hangers comprising a vertically disposed angle-iron support, a hook member fixedly secured to the upper end of said angle-iron support and having its hookedend extending downwardly and outwardly on an angle to the longitudinal axis'of said support, said angle-iron support having its flanges provided with a series of vertically spaced holes, a lug removably secured to said support by bolts mounted in selected ones of said holes, said lug extending parallel with said support and having its upper end spaced from said support, a horizontal bar bridging the space between and connecting the hangers of each of said pairs of hangers, said bar being mounted in the spaces between said lugs and said supports, said bars being provided with a plurality of spaced apertures adjacent each end, pins mounted in selected ones of said apertures in said bars at each side of said lugs to prevent longitudinal movement of said bars relative to said lugs, and planking bridging the space between said pairs of hangers and supported on said horizontal bars. 7 1

2, A scaffold construction comprising two spaced pairs of rigid hangers, each of said hangers comprising a verticallydisposed angle-iron support,'a hook member fixedly secured to the'upper end of said angle-iron support and having its hooked end extending downwardly and outwardly on an angle to the longitudinal axis of said support said angle-iron supportrhaving its flanges provided with a series of vertically spaced holes, a lug removably secured to said support by bolts mounted in selected ones of said holes, said lug extending parallel with said supportand having its upper end spaced from said support, a horizontal angle bar bridging the space between and connecting the hangers of-each of said pairs of hangers, said bar having one flange extending over the top face of said lugs and having its other flange inserted in the spaces between said lugs and said angle-iron support, said bars having their flanges extending over the top faces of said lugs provided with a plurality of spaced apertures adjacent each end, pins mounted in selected ones of said apertures in said bars at each side of said lugs to prevent longitudinal movement of said bars relative to said lugs, and planking bridging the space between said pairs of hangers and supported on said horizontal bars.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

'cI-IAUNGEY 'MARsn' ooonmcn. 

